ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 89086
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| Date: | Monday 19 June 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito FB Mk VI |
| Owner/operator: | 418 (City of Edmonton) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | NT140 |
| MSN: | TH-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | The sea 15km west-north-west of Lorient, Britanny. -
 France
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Holmsley South, Hampshire |
Mosquito NT140: Took off at 00:15 hrs for night intruder mission to Bourges /Avord airfield. 19/06/1944
Missing. Mosquito having gone into the sea 15km WNW of Lorient at 02:16 hrs.
Crew:
F/O (J/13591) Benjamin Peter JOHNSON (us.pilot) RCAF - killed
F/O (J/25192) Robert Douglas TAYLER (nav.) RCAF - killed
Sources:
1.http://www.airhistory.org.uk/dh/_DH98%20prodn%20list.txtt
2.ORB 418 Sqdn RCAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 June 1943 | HJ??? | 418 (City of Edmonton) Sqn RCAF | 0 | RAF stn Ford, West Sussex, England. |  |
min |
| 28 June 1943 | HJ??? | 418 (City of Edmonton) Sqn RCAF | 0 | RAF stn Manston, Kent, England. | |
min |
| 25 July 1943 | HJ822 | 418 (City of Edmonton) Sqn RCAF | 2 | Hoofdweg no.152, Lijnden, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 31 July 1943 | HX808 | 418 (City of Edmonton) Sqn RCAF | 2 | Orleans /Bricy airfield, 6 miles north-northwest of Ingré near Orleans | |
w/o |
| 9 November 1943 | HJ830 | 418 (City of Edmonton) Sqn RCAF | 2 | near Poix-de-Picardie, Somme. | |
w/o |
| 9 May 1944 | NS986 | 418 (City of Edmonton) Sqn RCAF | 0 | IJsselmeer - 13 km north-east of Hoorn, Noord-Holland. | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Jan-2011 13:38 | ThW | Added |
| 15-Feb-2011 15:00 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 30-Jan-2012 09:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 19-Jul-2014 16:34 | Taillor | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 16-Sep-2014 21:07 | Xindel X | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 16-Aug-2015 18:12 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Feb-2019 21:34 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 02-Oct-2021 17:38 | Nepa | Updated [Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 18-Apr-2022 05:11 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Damage] |
| 25-Apr-2022 19:59 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Source, Damage, Narrative, Operator] |
| 03-Jul-2022 10:41 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
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